September 1981
Features
A look inside the world of topless clubs, where love and even passion are impossible to find.
A look inside the world of topless clubs, where love and even passion are impossible to find.
A gallery of the girls who lead a gypsy life, moving from one topless club to another.
A gallery of the girls who lead a gypsy life, moving from one topless club to another.
Thousands of people from the North, broke and out of work, are streaming into the state. This is the true story of two of them who abandoned Detroit for Houston, learned about cockroaches, tacos, and freeways, and finally discovered happiness in broken air conditioners.
All this twenty-year-old University of Houston student wants to do is jump father and run faster than anyone else ever has.
All this twenty-year-old University of Houston student wants to do is jump father and run faster than anyone else ever has.
Vesta Cawley turned to the city bureaucracy for help with a problem that didn’t matter to any of the other 900,000 residents of Dallas. But it should have mattered more to city hall.
Raised in hardscrabble fiberglass factories, these cattle came to Texas cities to make shoppers feel like cowboys.
Raised in hardscrabble fiberglass factories, these cattle came to Texas cities to make shoppers feel like cowboys.
Columns
Dallasite Mac Whitney is his own one-man construction crew - producing towering steel-plate sculptures.
Dallasite Mac Whitney is his own one-man construction crew - producing towering steel-plate sculptures.
As befits masterpieces, Beethoven’s string quartets have been recorded a hundred times. Our trusty critic guides the novice through a maze of choices.
As befits masterpieces, Beethoven’s string quartets have been recorded a hundred times. Our trusty critic guides the novice through a maze of choices.
Fly-fishing is a particularly fastidious way of trying to fool a fish, but it’s also a particularly pleasant one.
Fly-fishing is a particularly fastidious way of trying to fool a fish, but it’s also a particularly pleasant one.
Trial by jury is a right most people charged with a crime never get to exercise. Instead, they accept a quicker, less risky alternative: the plea bargain.
Trial by jury is a right most people charged with a crime never get to exercise. Instead, they accept a quicker, less risky alternative: the plea bargain.
In Body Heat a lust-befuddled lawyer fails to notice that his lover is setting him up for murder. The spy plot and love story of Under the Rainbow pale next to the sideshow attraction of 150 dwarfs. Endless Love only seems endless. Victory scores some points.
Reporter
Four great Texas discoveries: world-class barbecue in Taylor, gold fever in Brock, psychic delvings in San Antonio, historical triage in Canyon.
Four great Texas discoveries: world-class barbecue in Taylor, gold fever in Brock, psychic delvings in San Antonio, historical triage in Canyon.
Miscellany
What the future holds for artificial hearts, utility customers, Phil Gramm, and the Republican party.
What the future holds for artificial hearts, utility customers, Phil Gramm, and the Republican party.